The Data Structures integration allows you to create and manipulate simple data structures. It can be used as both an Action, and as a Computed Column in the Data Editor. When used in the Data Editor, the new column will contain the result. When used as an Action, a destination column must be provided for the result.
Not guaranteed to be stable
These are not guaranteed to be stable, and they are not atomic, meaning that if multiple users change them at the same time, the result may not be what you expect.
In Glide, click the Settings icon in the upper-right corner.
Navigate to the Integrations tab and then select Data Structures.
Click the Add to app button.
Features
The Data Structures integration has seven features:
Add element to set
Array to set
Empty set
Remove all elements
Remove element from set
Set contains element
Set size
All Experimental Data Structures features can be used as Actions, as well as Computed Columns in the Data Editor.
Add element to set
Adds an element to an existing set. Note that set elements must be unique, so if you add an element to a set that already contains that same element, the set will not change.
The String Set and Element fields are required. String set must be an array (["x", "y", "z"]) and Element can be one or more elements (x or ["x", "y"]). If you plan to use the feature as an action, the String Set Results column is also required to store the results generated from the action.
Array to set
Converts an array of values to a set.
The String Set field is required and must be an array (["x", "y", "z"]). If you plan to use the feature as an action, the String Set Results column is also required to store the results generated from the action.
In the example shown below, Array to set is used to create a set containing a list of email addresses from an array.
Empty set
Creates a new, empty set. The String Set Results field is required as a destination column.
Remove all elements
Remove all elements from an existing set. Results in an empty set.
The String Set field is required and must be an array (["x", "y", "z"]). If you plan to use the feature as an action, the String Set Results column is also required.
Remove element from set
Remove an element from an existing set.
The String Set and Element fields are required. String set must be an array (["x", "y", "z"]) and Element can be one or more elements (x or ["x", "y"]). If you plan to use the feature as an action, the String Set Results column is also required.
In the example shown below, Remove element from set is used to remove the users email in each row from the set of all email addresses. The result is that each row contains a list of all email addresses except the one in the current row.
Set contains element
Checks if an existing set contains an element. This feature will return either true or false.
The String Set and Element fields are required. String set must be an array (["x", "y", "z"]) and Element can be one or more elements (x or ["x", "y"]). If you plan to use the feature as an action, the String Set Results column is also required.
Set size
Count the number of elements in a set.
The String Set field is required and must be an array (["x", "y", "z"]). If you plan to use the feature as an action, the String Set Results column is also required.
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